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I am also sorry. I do not personally have a answer because this is a
class
assignment and i picked your article.

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Don't be stingy on the topsoil!  We were and our clay-concentrated
yard get rock solid very easily.

Keeping the horsetail gone is an ongoing process, much of its food is
stored in the root system, so they keep coming back.  You'll probably
be weeding it for years :-(

Good luck,

Karen

 


msuizzofan@yahoo.com;892038 Wrote:

alanbrook.6971...@gardenbanter.co.uk

Hello Everyone

Thanks for the great advice.
Ive put down a lot of Roundup, and all weeds and most of the horsetail
has died,
but it does keep coming back.
I had a couple of gardners quote around £1000 to put down two tonnes of
topsoil
and then turf over 30ft by 20ft, so I'm going to do it myself.
I will add 4 tonnes of topsoil to bring the garden up to a better level,
and
then turf it.
Do you guys reckon I should rotavate the ground?

Thanks

Alan




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alanbrook

 

alanbrook wrote:

Yes. You don't want a hard layer under the grass or its roots will just grow in
the surface topsoil, and need more water to survive. Personally, I would add
more compost and maybe sand and till it into the clay, rather than just covering
the clay with good soil.